Dr. Elaine Smith

PhD. English

Stanford University, 1984

Areas of Interest:

American Autobiography; American Culture in the 1950's and 1960's; Cultural Studies; Native American Culture; Popular Music; Regionalism; Women's Studies; Approaches to American Studies.

About Dr. Smith:

Dr. Smith joined the Humanities and American Studies department in Fall 2006. She received her Ph.D. from Stanford University and wrote her dissertation on Ideals and Imagination in the Novels of Willa Cather. She has taught courses in Contemporary Lliterature, American Literature, Women in Literature, and Landscape in American Fiction. She has also been manager of the Thomas Deans Fine Art gallery in Tallahassee and has a particular interest in British watercolors from the 18th through the early 20th centuries. Dr. Smith will be teaching various courses focusing on literature and visual art in American Culture, as well as introductory historical surveys treating the Renaissance through the Twentieth Century.